A deadly family drama.
Journalist Kajsa Coren actually wants to slow down a bit, but a man who emigrated abroad a few years ago is found dead on a disused farm near Oslo. Now he seems to have returned seriously ill to put an end to his life on his parents’ farm. However, mysterious traces can be found in the immediate vicinity of the farm – is there more to this case than meets the eye? Kajsa begins her investigation…
Trude Teige
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In 2015, When Grandma Danced in the Rain was published and cemented Trude Teige among international bestselling authors. The novel tells the story of Juni who returns to the house of her deceased grandparents on a small Norwegian island where she discovers a photograph: it shows her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Juni can no longer ask anyone about it, so the search for the truth takes her to Berlin and to the small town of Demmin in eastern Germany, where hundreds of families committed suicide in May 1945. Juni realises that this is about much more than a secret love. Inspired by actual people and events, the book was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize. It became one of the bestselling books in Germany in 2023 and remained on the bestseller lists for over a year. Teige counted among Norway’s top-selling authors for all of 2024. As of 2025, more than 1.5 million copies of the author’s works have been sold worldwide.
